About “The Documentary”

The title track off The Game’s first official album. It encapsulates what The Game is all about: being the best, but continuing to show respect to those that helped to create hip-hop and rap.

“The Game – The Documentary” reads like it’s a film about the rap music industry (commonly called ‘the game’), and perhaps this is on purpose. The Game documents the industry and the classic artists and albums that he loves, while still continuing the West Coast gangster theme. He wants to be recognized as an aspiring artist in the world of hip-hop and thanks those that have excelled the culture to where it is now.

The Game’s talent combined with the excellent production on this album propels him to the top of his ability, and also helps revitalize the West Coast.

What have the artists said about the song?

The Game said this to Complex:

Game: You know with Dre, it’s just routine. You walk in, he probably got a glass of Hennessy in his hand. He’ll nod and be like, “Game time” & I’ll be like, “What up Doc?” After that, you feel so comfortable being there with him because you know he gone deliver on the beats, all you gotta do is do what you do best— & that should be easy if you are who you are. Dr. Dre doesn’t like you to mention dates & shit. He likes to make records timeless, it’s that way when you don’t call out a liquor or say a year of a car. So that’s something I took from Dre & sort of carried with me throughout my career.

I remember speaking on certain situations with Ed Lover, so I got the interviews & you know we went in. I just had to ask Ed Lover, “Can I use that?” And he sent it to me. I explained [that the Maybach line wasn’t about Jay-Z before but] I like it when shit is set in stone. So people [will be like], “Oh that’s what it was about.” If I’m talking about somebody, I don’t really gotta do it subliminally, I like it to be known. I’ll just say your name, I don’t give a fuck. But in that instance, I meant no harm to Jay-Z. In the early stages of my career & I was talking about Ja Rule. Everybody knew we had beef.